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BUDDY

Blue Frog Robotics' BUDDY is a ~60 cm-tall emotional companion robot powered by emotional AI; it senses its surroundings, avoids obstacles, and assists,…

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Manufacturer
Blue Frog Robotics
Form factor
companion_robot
Lifecycle
active

Verified profile

  • 1

    Sources on record

  • 0

    Tracked changes

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    Last verified change

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Overview

Blue Frog Robotics' BUDDY is a ~60 cm-tall emotional companion robot powered by emotional AI; it senses its surroundings, avoids obstacles, and assists, educates, entertains, and connects people in home, education, elder-care, and business settings.

Verified vs. claimed

Verified deployments
None on file
Sources on file
1 source, view all

Safety record

No incidents on record for BUDDY.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (1)

  1. https://www.bluefrogrobotics.com/

Common questions

What is BUDDY?
Blue Frog Robotics' BUDDY is a ~60 cm-tall emotional companion robot powered by emotional AI; it senses its surroundings, avoids obstacles, and assists, educates, entertains, and connects people in home, education, elder-care, and business settings.
Who makes BUDDY?
BUDDY is made by Blue Frog Robotics, based in France.
Where is BUDDY deployed?
No verified deployments of BUDDY are currently on the DEPLOY registry. DEPLOY records deployments only when verified at a named site with a primary source; absence may reflect pre-deployment, research, or manufacturer-internal use.
Is BUDDY safe?
BUDDY has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.
Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-06-28

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-06-28

Maturity + lifecycle

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: companion_robot

Sources by quality tier

1
unclassified
Unclassified source

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Methodology surface for BUDDY.

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